I recently came home from a trip to Nairobi, Kenya. I went to explore some options at the International School of Kenya in the heart of Kenya. Amazingly beautiful school. I had a wonderful time. An old colleague of mine from last year is currently teaching there. Strong, beautiful, independent, pretty much everything I feel like I am lacking, this woman possesses. She hosted me in her house and we had a wonderful time. Another teacher from the school came along on a whim…and it seems as if it was fortuitous for her because she got the job she interviewed for while there!

Anyway, while in Kenya, we went away for a beautiful weekend to a couple of “soda lakes” just west of Nairobi. I had seen Lake Nakuru before when we had traveled through from Egypt for a “quick safari” during Christmas time of 2005/06. It was great to see how the population of the different wildlife changes from time to time.

So, the picture above is from this trip. I am planning on uploading some of my sketches soon, but until then, here is one of my pics. The picture above is a beautiful giraffe at the giraffe center….amazing!

LAISSEZ LES BON TEMPS ROULEZ!

This past Saturday, while all y'all state-side were getting ready to celebrate a nice 3 day weekend, we in Lagos were celebrating Mardi Gras...attached is a photo of our beautiful selves....

Lagos is famous for it's beer. There are so many to choose from, it is hard to pick just which one to drink. Oh sure, people in the Pacific Northwest seem to think they have the market cornered on this delicious temptation, but actually, Lagos has many many many more.

As a salute to the hops of Nigeria, we chose to honor our favorite beer here, Star Beer. It has a nice formaldehyde aftertaste, if you can get past the fuel taste of it. Put it in the freezer, make a beer-slushie and it is even better (mmmmm...the thistle is calling me....)

Being educators (can I really call myself that?!?), you must know that we hold ourselves up to the greatest public scrutiny. (HA!) Anyway, not that you guys really need to know that we in Lagos like to celebrate our drinking habit, but, incase you were wondering, it is how we get through our week. So, in recognition of that, we were the crew of Stars, there were All Stars, Rock Stars, Fallen Stars, Porn Stars, Seeing Stars, Stars and Strips, the North Star, Movie Stars... even the kids were Nebulas. And, do I really have to say...we were all drinkin’ cold cold Star beer. (and, throwing water balloons...we learn well from the kids....it is really funny to watch people rush for something they think are beads and candy, when, in fact, it is a water balloon! Hehehehe....)